28 passengers, bus driver escape from burning express bus

Twenty-eight passengers and the driver of an express bus endured anxious moments when the bus they were travelling in caught fire in an accident at KM406 (northbound) of the North-South Expressway, near Kamunting, Perak, last night.

The express bus was believed to have dragged a motorcycle, which had skidded, causing the bus to catch fire.

The motorcyclist suffered minor injuries and was sent to the hospital, while all the passengers and the driver escaped unhurt.

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Perak Fire and Rescue Department (Operations) assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said they received a call at 9.50pm before dispatching teams from the Kamunting and Taiping stations to the scene.

"The bus is estimated to be 90 percent destroyed. All 28 passengers on board were safely evacuated before the fire department reached the location,” he said in a statement today.

- Bernama

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